The Bible doesn’t attempt to defend its inspiration. But here is an interesting thing: Genesis opens with the words “God said” nine times in the first chapter. The statement “Thus says the Lord” appears 23 times in the last Old Testament book, Malachi. So you have “God says” from Genesis to Malachi. “The Lord spoke” appears 560 times in the first five books of the Bible and at least 3,800 times in the whole of the Old Testament! Isaiah claims at least 40 times that his message came directly from the Lord; Ezekiel, 60 times; and Jeremiah, 100 times. There are about 3,856 verses directly or indirectly concerned with prophecy in Scripture. God’s challenge to the world is, “Prove Me now. . . I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass” (see Malachi 3:10; Ezekiel 24:14). Mormons, Buddhists, and Muslims have their own sacred writings, but the element of proven prophecy is absent in them. The destruction of Tyre, the invasion of Jerusalem, the fall of Babylon and Rome—each event was accurately predicted in the Bible and later fulfilled to the smallest detail. From, The Evidence Bible.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 02:46:04 +0000
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